Friday, April 20, 2007

Cho.

The consensus opinion is that this man was a deranged wacko, running amok without any real rational motivation. A lunatic suffering from mental illness.

Savage asks the question if this is 100 % entirely true. ARE WE so sure about this? The deranged lone wacko dimension?

The suggestion is made, albeit tangentially, that maybe Cho is more than what he seems? More than just the lunatic. A jihadi is some regard?

Well, the first thing that went through my mind, as it did with the Utah mall killings, is that perhaps this was the lone-wolf jihadi run amok.

[Since 9/11, THAT IS THE FIRST INSTINCTIVE MENTAL RESPONSE I HAVE TO THESE “INCIDENTS”. LONE-WOLF JIHADI. AN ISLAMIC JIHADI RUNNING AMOK AS WOULD A MORO FROM THE LAND OF THE SULU SEA! When you hear the name Cho, and learn that he is South Korean born, well, that totally changes your perspective.]

Savage, on his program, does bring up some interesting items and tidbits concerning Cho and his family.

Tidbits such as:

* “Call me Ishmael” - - the return addressee given on the “manifesto” of Cho, as sent through the mail.

And - - the first words from the novel “Moby Dick”.

Ishmael, in the Bible, is of course the offspring of Abraham and Hagar the Egyptian, the handmaiden of Sarai [latter to become Sarah.] . Ishmael is considered to be the “father” of the Arabic peoples. Recognized as being such by the Jews and modern Arabs both. IS THERE SOME SIGNIFICANCE TO CHO REFERRING TO HIMSELF AS ISHMAEL!!??

"The name [Ishmael] has come to symbolize orphans, exiles, and social outcasts . . . a feeling of alienation from human society."

[in the Bible, the Arabs are referred to as the sons of Ishmael, “troublesome and quarrelsome, living amongst their brother.”]

* The father of Cho worked as a construction worker for TEN YEARS in Saudi Arabia. To gather the necessary sum of capital prior to immigrating to the U.S. and opening a dry cleaning business. During that time, did Cho or any other members of his family become Muslims?

[there ARE about 40,000 Muslims living in South Korea. Converted to Islam during the Korean War by soldiers of the Turkish Brigade! This was a surprise to me!]

* Cho apparently went through some sort of ritualistic ablutions prior to going on his “spree”. This can be taken in an Islamic context as a “cleansing” for those embarking on a martyrdom mission?? Of course, Travis Bickle in the movie “Taxi Driver” shaved his head into a “Mohawk” before he set forth on his “mission”. Maybe all sorts of “strange” persons go through ablutions for various reasons?

"ab·lu·tion n. - - A washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of a religious rite."

[you can make a point that Cho blew away students that were Muslim. So did the hijackers on 9/11 kill Muslims too!]

There maybe is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO THIS SPECULATION!! Cho is all likelihood THE DERANGED WACKO HE HAS BEEN PORTRAYED AS BEING! Nothing more to it.